Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all...

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all...

True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other...

True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay...

Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay...

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath,...

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath,...

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of...

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of...

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing...

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing...

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire,...

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire,...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...